We’re handing out presents this year in the form of a major site redesign. We mentioned last time that our new Django powered platform would make it much easier to build and release new products, and here we are a little over a month later with a serious overhaul.

The first thing you’ll notice is that we’ve fattened up a bit to fit more content on each page. We’ve also replaced the “video of the day” spot with something we’re calling “Quilty.” It’s probably best if you just go check it out rather than me explaining it, but be careful because it’s addictive! And don’t forget to try out the search function to build your own quilt.

Video watch pages now have a list of related videos from other users, and user profile pages feature a watchable video (right now it’s your most recent upload, but soon this will be customizable). If you haven’t added an avatar and description to your profile yet, now is a good time since these will become more prominent as we add more and more features to profile pages.

The thing we’re most excited about is comments. Love them, hate them, don’t have an opinion about them–we’ve got a configuration for you. If you like them, all of your videos and your profile can be comment-able. If you’re not a fan, you can disable comments account-wide through your account preferences. If you’re luke warm about comments, you can remove them one by one or disable them video by video. We’ll notify you when someone leaves you a comment with a message to your dashboard, your email account, either one, or not at all (you can decide here). Comments go one level deep, so you can reply to an existing comment by clicking “reply.”

We’re also releasing a sneak peak at our new player. These will only live on Revver.com for now, so embedding a video will still give you the old player. But soon we’ll be offering a color customizable version of the one you see on the site, so if your blog has a pink theme, we’ll have a pink player for you. But only pink. Just kidding.

Those are the major changes we’ve made, but you may notice a few more as you’re cruising around the site. Let us know what you think!

I don’t know how JoeyandDavid did this one, but the execution is pretty amazing–the woman even kind of looks like a young Heather Mills. Is it wrong to laugh at this? Maybe, but those feed-a-child commercials seem so scammy to me, and at best they’re a bandaid for a larger problem that should be addressed, and South Park gets away with making fun of Sally Strothers. But I still feel a little bit wrong. How ’bout I’ll feel guilty for you, and you can go ahead and watch with a clear conscience? That should work. I hereby declare that it is OK for you to laugh at this video.

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All of a sudden Christmas is seeming very sinister - apparently Santa is an anagram for Satan. Watch your back this holiday season.

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After a run in win cannibals in episode 2, the post-apocalyptic madness of Lady Wasteland continues with this disjointed rant from Yuri. Times as hard as these apparently make you go nuts.

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It’s interesting to see how archetypal stories change as they are passed down through generations in different cultures. Europeans have a slightly different version of Santa Claus than Americans do, America’s version is slightly different than Mexico’s, which is slightly different than Argentina’s, which is slightly different than Russia’s.

Turns out Ninjas have a different take on what’s going on up at the North Pole too. The main difference is that instead of Rudolph, there’s a reindeer named Red Death the On-Fire Paindeer. From what I can tell, he flies around and lights trees on fire with his flaming fur. Not much time for story in this episode, partially because the ninja was late, and partially because it takes so long to say “Red Death the On-Fire Paindeer,” but the stage has been set for Part 2. Looks like RDOFP is going to team up with a CD-looking shuriken and go after Frosty the Snowman for killing Mrs. Claus. Doogtoons will be right there to capture the action.

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I like ribs as much as the next guy, but I’ve never been able to fully trust my local rib shack. Why can’t I see back into the kitchen? What’s all this talk about a “secret” sauce? Do I want to eat something made by someone who uses “rub” as a noun? I like my rib joints to be white collar and bureaucratic, and I like them to send me glossy, semi-annual reports. That’s why I choose Bryson, Fields, & Anderson (a subsidiary of Elders Consolidated).

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Only two episodes into Ninja Babes From Space and we’re already dealing with a backstabbing Babe. Raven’s got a bunch of ugly goons, but the remaining babes have some tricks up their sleeves as well. Stay tuned for more puns and fun from Ninja Babes in the coming weeks.

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Fun times at the Revver Holiday Screening event last night. All the cool kids were there, including iJustine, CuteWithChris, Studio8, Gnooze, AskAChola, FrenchMaidTV, dwestlake, KimCubeFarm, TheHusBands, Brookers (aka WeaselCheese), psychicbunny, avclubvids and many more (sorry if I forgot you–I was stuck behind the bar for most of the night). All that, and the guys from HollyShorts showed an awesome Christmas short.

More photos are here. Thanks to everyone who made it out. If you missed this one, more on the way.

Boom Bip ends his front page residency today with an installment examining the differences between live shows and DJ sets. Bip (can I call you Bip?) chooses live shows, but not by much. If you live in LA and you missed his Dec. 7 show at the Viper Room, I’m sure there are more on the way.

Thanks again to Andre Hyland for writing, filming, editing, and craft servicing this series.

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Drama! XYZ-TV’s monster numero uno Sara Succubus wants a raise to compete with Katrina, the rising star at that “other network”– if she doesn’t get it she will be shamed into a life of food delivery (can’t be seen lunching in public unless she’s top bitch). Although The Morning Show appears to be a web series, it’s really an 80 minute feature film / pilot for cable TV. It’s often vulgar and sometimes random as all hell, with vignettes like this gossipy contingent of chic rats that offer their commentary on the sordid affairs of the libidinous news team. All said and done it’s quite enjoyable, see more episodes here.

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